CN102417131B - Lifting rescue capsule lifting and cable breakage protection device and lifting rescue capsule - Google Patents

Lifting rescue capsule lifting and cable breakage protection device and lifting rescue capsule Download PDF

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CN102417131B
CN102417131B CN 201110225842 CN201110225842A CN102417131B CN 102417131 B CN102417131 B CN 102417131B CN 201110225842 CN201110225842 CN 201110225842 CN 201110225842 A CN201110225842 A CN 201110225842A CN 102417131 B CN102417131 B CN 102417131B
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卢晓东
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刘胜宏
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The invention discloses a lifting rescue capsule lifting and cable breakage protection device and a lifting rescue capsule. The lifting rescue capsule lifting and cable breakage protection device comprises a tension rod (6) for lifting the lifting rescue capsule, and an expansion mechanism, a sleeve (2), a first disc spring group (13) and a cushion block (14) which are connected with the tension rod (6), wherein: the expansion mechanism is shafted with the tension rod (6) through a first pin shaft (16); the sleeve (2) is sleeved on the tension rod (6); the cushion block (14) is fixed on the outer cylindrical surface of the tension rod (6); a cavity is formed among the outer cylindrical surface of a slender part of the tension rod (6), the inner hole cylindrical surface of the sleeve (2) and the cushion block (14); and the first disc spring group (13) is arranged in the cavity. The lifting rescue capsule comprises a capsule body and the lifting rescue capsule lifting and cable breakage protection device. The invention can improve the safety of the lifting rescue capsule when a cable is broken.

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A kind of elevating rescue capsule promotes and disconnected rope fender guard and elevating rescue capsule
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of mechanical technique, particularly relate to a kind of elevating rescue capsule lifting and disconnected rope fender guard and elevating rescue capsule.
Background technology
Existing elevating rescue capsule does not generally design disconnected rope fender guard, and when disconnected rope occured elevating rescue capsule, in the cabin, personnel's life security can't ensure.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of elevating rescue capsule to promote and disconnected rope fender guard and elevating rescue capsule, in order to improve safety for the disconnected rope situation of elevating rescue capsule, for this reason, the present invention adopts following technical scheme:
A kind of elevating rescue capsule promotes and disconnected rope fender guard, comprising: be used for promoting the pull bar (6) of elevating rescue capsule, and the telescoping mechanism that is connected with pull bar (6), sleeve (2), the first dish spring group (13), cushion block (14), wherein:
Telescoping mechanism is dynamically connected by the first bearing pin (16) and pull bar (6) axle, sleeve (2) is socketed on pull bar (6), cushion block (14) is fixed in the external cylindrical surface of pull bar (6), form cavity between the external cylindrical surface of pull bar (6) elongate portion and the endoporus face of cylinder of sleeve (2) and cushion block (14), the first dish spring group (13) is arranged in this cavity.
Preferably, described telescoping mechanism comprises at least 2 telescopic booms, and described telescopic boom comprises: crank (17), pushing block (9), slide block (10), briquetting (11) and the second dish spring group (4), wherein:
Crank (17) one ends are dynamically connected by the first bearing pin (16) and pull bar (6) axle, and the other end is dynamically connected by the second bearing pin (12) and pushing block (9) axle; Pushing block (9) is connected by connecting pin with slide block (10), and the second dish spring group (4) is arranged in the cavity that forms between pushing block (9) and slide block (10) contact surface; Slide block (10) is connected by connecting pin (5) with briquetting (11).
Preferably, the driving surface of briquetting (11) is circular arc, and is provided with sawtooth on the circular arc driving surface.
Preferably, each telescopic boom is symmetric.
Preferably, the quantity of telescopic boom is 4.
Preferably, cushion block (14) is anchored on pull bar (6) by jam nut (15).
A kind of elevating rescue capsule comprises the cabin body, comprises that also the above-mentioned elevating rescue capsule that is arranged at the cabin body promotes and disconnected rope fender guard, wherein:
Elevating rescue capsule promotes and the pull bar (6) of disconnected rope fender guard is arranged on the body vertical centre axis of cabin; elevating rescue capsule promotes and the telescoping mechanism of disconnected rope fender guard is positioned on cabin body inner horizontal cover plate (3); be provided with slippage cover (8) on the relevant position corresponding to the cabin body inwall of telescoping mechanism; the telescopic boom of telescoping mechanism is positioned at slippage cover (8), and the cabin body has the hole adaptive with the driving surface size of telescopic boom on this position.
Preferably, cover plate (3) is captiveed joint by the sleeve (2) of connecting pin and elevating rescue capsule lifting and disconnected rope fender guard.
Preferably, the end that elevating rescue capsule promotes and the cabin body is stretched out in pull bar (6) top of disconnected rope fender guard is provided with rotating hoisting ring (7).
Preferably, described cabin body is cylindric.
the above embodiment of the present invention, because telescoping mechanism is dynamically connected by the first bearing pin (16) and pull bar (6) axle, and be provided with the first dish spring group (13) between pull bar (6) and sleeve (2) thereof, like this, when pulling pull bar (6) straight up, be arranged on the first dish spring group (13) compressive deformation between pull bar (6) elongated end external cylindrical surface and the sleeve endoporus face of cylinder, the hard straight upward movement of pull bar (6) drives the telescoping mechanism that is dynamically connected with pull bar (6) axle and relatively rotates around the first bearing pin (16), make the motion of telescoping mechanism occurred level, that is to say that conversion of motion that the heavily fortified point of pull bar (6) directly makes progress becomes telescoping mechanism to move along the axle center to elevating rescue capsule radially, whole like this elevating rescue capsule can operation smoothly in passage.And when disconnected rope occurs elevating rescue capsule; pull bar (6) heavily fortified point under the elastic force effect of the first dish spring group (13) directly moves downward; driving the telescoping mechanism that is dynamically connected with pull bar (6) axle moves downward; and then the promotion telescoping mechanism radially outward moves rapidly along elevating rescue capsule; make telescoping mechanism cut rapidly pipeline; elevating rescue capsule is parked in passage, realizes disconnected rope protection, and then the safety that improves elevating rescue capsule.Certainly, arbitrary product of enforcement embodiments of the invention might not need to reach simultaneously above-described all advantages.
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The elevating rescue capsule that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the present invention and promote the section-drawing along the vertical axis direction of disconnected rope fender guard;
Fig. 2 be in structure shown in Figure 1 telescoping mechanism along the section-drawing perpendicular to the elevating rescue capsule vertical axis;
Fig. 3 is the partial enlarged drawing of telescoping mechanism in structure shown in Figure 1.
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1, elevating rescue capsule 2, sleeve
3, cover plate 4, the second dish spring group
5, connecting pin 6, pull bar
7, rotating hoisting ring 8, slippage cover
9, pushing block 10, slide block
11, briquetting 12, the second bearing pin
13, the first dish spring group 14, cushion block
15, jam nut 16, the first bearing pin
17, crank.
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The below take can be in escape and rescue trunk the elevating rescue capsule of vertical direction motion as example, describe the present invention.
The embodiment of the present invention designs a kind of disconnected rope fender guard on the top of elevating rescue capsule, mainly uses in escape and rescue trunk is the survival capsule of vertical pipeline.Disconnected rope fender guard comprises: pull bar, sleeve, bearing pin, telescoping mechanism, slippage cover, dish spring group, cushion block, jam nut etc.Be specially a kind of in the situation that in escape and rescue trunk the elevating rescue capsule of vertical direction motion suddenly disconnected rope can overcome the elevating rescue capsule own wt; elevating rescue capsule surely is parked in escape and rescue trunk, the device of safety guard-safeguard is provided to the gug personnel in the cabin.By this disconnected rope fender guard, in the time of can guaranteeing that elevating rescue capsule moves the unexpected fracture of cable wire in escape and rescue trunk, elevating rescue capsule can not fall, and avoids personal casualty in the cabin.
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the present invention, the technical scheme in the present invention is carried out clear, complete description, obviously, described embodiment is a part of embodiment of the present invention, rather than whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, the every other embodiment that those of ordinary skills obtain under the prerequisite of not making creative work belongs to the scope of protection of the invention.
As Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 3, elevating rescue capsule that the embodiment of the present invention provides promotes and disconnected rope fender guard can comprise: pull bar 6, and the telescoping mechanism that is connected with pull bar 6, sleeve 2, the first dish spring group 13, cushion block 14.
Telescoping mechanism is dynamically connected with pull bar 6 axles by the first bearing pin 16, and sleeve 2 is socketed on the elongated end of pull bar 6.The first dish spring group 13 is arranged in the cavity that forms between the external cylindrical surface of the endoporus face of cylinder of sleeve 2 and pull bar 6.Cushion block 14 is fixedly connected on the external cylindrical surface of pull bar 6 by jam nut 15 or other similar captive joint modes and is positioned at the bottom of dish spring group 13.Wherein, form cavity between the endoporus face of cylinder of the external cylindrical surface of the elongate portion of pull bar 6 and sleeve 2 and cushion block 14, the first spring assembly 13 is positioned at this cavity, like this, pull bar 6 thicker parts divide with carefully part (being elongate portion) formed chamfering in vary in diameter place and cushion block 14 will make the first dish spring group 13 distortion when pull bar moves up or down.
As shown in Figure 2, telescoping mechanism comprises 4 telescopic booms.As shown in Figure 3, telescopic boom comprises: crank 17, pushing block 9, slide block 10, briquetting 11 and the second dish spring group 4.Crank 17 1 ends are dynamically connected with pull bar 6 axles by the first bearing pin 16, and the other end is dynamically connected with pushing block 9 axles by the second bearing pin 12.Pushing block 9 is connected by connecting pin with slide block 10, and the second dish spring group 4 is arranged in the cavity that forms between pushing block 9 and slide block 10 contact surfaces, allows pushing block 9 and slide block 10 to a certain degree to relatively move or to rotate.Slide block 10 is connected by connecting pin 5 with briquetting 11.
Preferably, the driving surface of briquetting 11 is circular arc, and is provided with sawtooth on the circular arc driving surface.
Need to prove, the embodiment of the present invention shows the structure of 4 telescopic booms, and in fact, the quantity of telescopic boom can realize purpose of the present invention as long as satisfy more than 2 or 2.Preferably, each telescopic boom is symmetrical expression and distributes, the weight that can evenly carry elevating rescue capsule when tackline is protected like this.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the mounting means of the lifting of above-mentioned elevating rescue capsule and disconnected rope fender guard and escape capsule body is:
Pull bar 6 is arranged on the body vertical centre axis of cabin, and telescoping mechanism is positioned on cabin body inner horizontal cover plate 3.Cover plate 3 promotes with elevating rescue capsule by connecting pin and the sleeve 2 of disconnected rope fender guard is captiveed joint.Be provided with slippage cover 8 on the relevant position corresponding to the cabin body inwall of telescoping mechanism; the telescopic boom of telescoping mechanism is positioned at slippage cover 8; this slip cap 8 can play the fixing and supporting role to telescopic boom; body inside, cabin has the hole adaptive with the driving surface size of telescopic boom on this position; so that the briquetting 11 of elevating rescue capsule telescopic boom under normal operation shrinks the cabin body; the briquetting 11 of telescopic boom stretches out the cabin body in disconnected rope situation; contact with escape and rescue trunk is inner, thereby reach the purpose that disconnected rope is protected.The end that the cabin body is stretched out in pull bar 6 tops is provided with rotating hoisting ring 7.Generally, the cabin body of elevating rescue capsule is cylindric.
The principle of work of the embodiment of the present invention is described below:
When rotating hoisting ring 7 was subject to hard vertical pulling power that cable wire makes progress, rotating hoisting ring 7 and be connected to pull bar 6 upward movement simultaneously on rotating hoisting ring 7 was arranged on the first dish spring group 13 compressive deformations between pull bar 6 elongated end external cylindrical surfaces and the sleeve endoporus face of cylinder.The hard straight upward movement of pull bar 6 drives the earhole upward movement of the crank 17 that is connected with pull bar 6 earholes, and crank 17 relatively rotates around crank 17 earholes simultaneously, makes the motion of telescoping mechanism occurred level.That is to say that conversion of motion that the heavily fortified point of pull bar 6 directly makes progress becomes telescoping mechanism to move along the axle center to elevating rescue capsule radially, be the inside that the briquetting 11 of whole telescoping mechanism is retracted to elevating rescue capsule cabin body, whole like this elevating rescue capsule can operation smoothly in escape and rescue trunk.
When the unexpected fracture of cable wire; rotating hoisting ring 7 and pull bar 6 heavily fortified point under the powerful elastic force effect of the first dish spring group 13 directly moves downward; drive with telescoping mechanism that pull bar 6 earholes are connected in crank 17 move downward; and then the promotion telescoping mechanism radially outward moves rapidly along elevating rescue capsule; make the sawtooth on the circular arc driving surface of briquetting 11 in telescoping mechanism cut rapidly pipeline; make elevating rescue capsule steadily be parked in escape and rescue trunk; realize disconnected rope protection, and then reach the life security of protecting gug personnel in the cabin.
at described telescoping mechanism as shown in Figure 3, comprise crank 17, the second bearing pin 12, pushing block 9, slide block 10, the second dish spring group 4, connecting pin 5, in the situation of briquetting 11, when cable wire ruptures suddenly, pull bar 6 moves downward rapidly, driving crank 17 flexing handle earholes moves downward, when crank 17 is positioned at level attitude, the outline diameter that briquetting 11 circular arc driving surfaces in telescoping mechanism consist of is in maximum, if the maximum gauge that this moment, pipe diameter consisted of less than briquetting circular arc driving surface profile, the second dish spring group 4 in telescoping mechanism produces small compressive deformation so, guarantee that crank turns over level attitude smoothly, make pull bar pass through the dead point of disconnected rope fender guard, reach the purpose of disconnected rope protection.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, adopt dish spring group axial arranged, can adapt to the requirement of limited space.In addition.Disconnected rope fender guard adopts pure Design of Mechanical Structure, and braking response is fast, is not subjected to extraneous interference and lost efficacy in the dark escape and rescue trunk of km.The embodiment of the present invention adopts the serration arc surface of briquetting tightly to be pressed on the inwall of pipeline and produces enough friction force, thereby makes the survival capsule braking.In the situation that occur unexpected disconnected rope in the elevating rescue capsule operational process, can guarantee that elevating rescue capsule is parked in escape and rescue trunk, guarantee the life security of personnel in the cabin.
Need to prove, above embodiment only describes as an example of elevating rescue capsule example, and the said structure of the embodiment of the present invention is equally applicable to other jacking system that vertical direction in passage moves and the rope that need to break is protected.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention; should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be looked protection scope of the present invention.

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1. an elevating rescue capsule promotes and disconnected rope fender guard, it is characterized in that, comprising: be used for promoting the pull bar (6) of elevating rescue capsule, and the telescoping mechanism that is connected with pull bar (6), sleeve (2), the first dish spring group (13), cushion block (14), wherein:
Telescoping mechanism is dynamically connected by the first bearing pin (16) and pull bar (6) axle, sleeve (2) is socketed on pull bar (6), cushion block (14) is fixed in the external cylindrical surface of pull bar (6), form cavity between the external cylindrical surface of pull bar (6) elongate portion and the endoporus face of cylinder of sleeve (2) and cushion block (14), the first dish spring group (13) is arranged in this cavity;
Wherein, described telescoping mechanism comprises at least 2 telescopic booms, and described telescopic boom comprises: crank (17), pushing block (9), slide block (10), briquetting (11) and the second dish spring group (4), wherein:
Crank (17) one ends are dynamically connected by the first bearing pin (16) and pull bar (6) axle, and the other end is dynamically connected by the second bearing pin (12) and pushing block (9) axle; Pushing block (9) is connected by connecting pin with slide block (10), and the second dish spring group (4) is arranged in the cavity that forms between pushing block (9) and slide block (10) contact surface; Slide block (10) is connected by connecting pin (5) with briquetting (11).
2. device as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, the driving surface of briquetting (11) is circular arc, and is provided with sawtooth on the circular arc driving surface.
3. device as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, each telescopic boom is symmetric.
4. device as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, the quantity of telescopic boom is 4.
5. device as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, cushion block (14) is anchored on pull bar (6) by jam nut (15).
6. an elevating rescue capsule, comprise the cabin body, it is characterized in that, also comprises: the elevating rescue capsule as described in one of claim 1-5 that is arranged at the cabin body promotes and disconnected rope fender guard, wherein:
Elevating rescue capsule promotes and the pull bar (6) of disconnected rope fender guard is arranged on the body vertical centre axis of cabin; elevating rescue capsule promotes and the telescoping mechanism of disconnected rope fender guard is positioned on cabin body inner horizontal cover plate (3); be provided with slippage cover (8) on the relevant position corresponding to the cabin body inwall of telescoping mechanism; the telescopic boom of telescoping mechanism is positioned at slippage cover (8), and the cabin body has the hole adaptive with the driving surface size of telescopic boom on this position.
7. elevating rescue capsule as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, cover plate (3) promotes with elevating rescue capsule by connecting pin and the sleeve (2) of disconnected rope fender guard is captiveed joint.
8. elevating rescue capsule as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, an end that stretches out the cabin body above the pull bar (6) of elevating rescue capsule lifting and disconnected rope fender guard is provided with rotating hoisting ring (7).
9. elevating rescue capsule as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, described cabin body is cylindric.
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